[Arm-dev] Raspberry Pi3 CentOS image : call for testers !

[David Both]

I just received three Pi 3's yesterday. I have installed CentOS on one 
and am configuring it for use as a firewall and router. It boots fine 
and works like a champ. It is not ready yet for use in it's intended 
role, but I will keep you posted.

I already have a Pi 2B running as a firewall with CentOS and that one is 
doing very nicely as well. The Pi 2B is intended only as a side door 
access to my network when I am traveling and not as a router so it has 
very little load most of the time.

The Pi 3B does seem to run hot, so I added heat sinks to the top-side chips.

On 03/05/2016 06:14 AM, Fabian Arrotin wrote:
> On 01/03/16 15:30, Karanbir Singh wrote:
>> On 01/03/16 14:02, Fabian Arrotin wrote:
>>> I think everything is in the title, so :
>>> http://dev.centos.org/centos/7/isos/armhfp/CentOS-Userland-7-armv7hl-M
>> inimal-1602-RaspberryPi3.img.xz
>>
>>>   Feedback wanted please
>>> PS : I ordered one myself, but still not delivered so untested on
>>> my side, but KB said that he tested it and that it booted fine (and
>>> fast !) :-)
>> https://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/AltArch/Arm32/RaspberryPi3
>> with
>> some details.
>>
> Just to add that there is a way to get WiFi working, but I'm not sure
> about the redistribution license needed for the broadcom firmware (can
> be checked) and that one isn't in the upstream linux-firmware package.
> I have a .noarch rpm for it, but in the mean time, if you want to
> test/use embedded wifi on your rpi3, be sure to do this (as root) :
>
> curl --location
> https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/raw/master/boot/bcm2710-rpi-3-b.dtb
>> /boot/bcm2710-rpi-3-b.dtb
> curl --location
> https://github.com/RPi-Distro/firmware-nonfree/raw/54bab3d6a6d43239c71d26464e6e10e5067ffea7/brcm80211/brcm/brcmfmac43430-sdio.bin
>> /usr/lib/firmware/brcm brcmfmac43430-stdio.bin
> curl --location
> https://github.com/RPi-Distro/firmware-nonfree/raw/54bab3d6a6d43239c71d26464e6e10e5067ffea7/brcm80211/brcm/brcmfmac43430-sdio.txt
>> /usr/lib/firmware/brcm brcmfmac43430-stdio.txt
> And reboot to ensure the dtb is initialized and kernel knows about the
> hardware in place.
>
> Enjoy
>
>
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